lol

See also: LOL, Lol, LoL, and -lol

Translingual

Symbol

lol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mongo.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Mongo terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɒl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛlˌoʊˈɛl/, /lɑl/, /loʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Interjection

lol

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of LOL

Translations

Used to express laughter — see LOL

Noun

lol (plural lols)

1. Alternative letter-case form of LOL

Verb

lol (third-person singular simple present lols, present participle loling or lolling, simple past and past participle loled or lol'd or lolled or lold)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, intransitive) Alternative form of LOL

Particle

lol

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.

   Are you really that bad lol?

Etymology 2

Interjection

lol

1. (archaic) Used in song as a nonsense syllable.

See also

• ice lol (etymologically unrelated)
• tol-lol (probably etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• LLO, OLL

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

• Audio:

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Noun

lol (uncountable)

1. fun

Danish

Interjection

lol

1. Alternative letter-case form of LOL

Dutch

FWOTD – 30 September 2012

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Found in publications from as early as 1560. Probably derived from the onomatopoeia lullen, originally meaning 'to snooze'. Compare English loll.

Noun

lol f (uncountable, diminutive lolletje n)

1. fun

   Synonyms: plezier, pret, vertier

   Wij hebben veel lol. ― We are having a lot of fun.

   Wat een lol! ― What a laugh!

   • 2012, Raymond Klompsma, Stefan Wobben, Zo kan het ook: websites ontwerp je voor mensen, Concept7, page 25:

     Dit zijn mensen die graag lol hebben in hun leven, die zich prettig willen voelen.

     These are people who like to have fun in their lives, who want to feel good.

Derived terms

• lolbroek
• lollig
• lolmaker
• onderbroekenlol

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English LOL. Pronounced identically to the noun lol at Etymology 1 above, also due to the semantic closeness.

Interjection

lol

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) LOL ("laughing out loud", expression of mirth)

   Synonym: haha

   Hij heeft niet eens een fiets lol ― He doesn't even have a bicycle, LOL

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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Interjection

lol

1. (Internet) LOL

   Synonym: mdr

Derived terms

• lolement
• loler
• lolesque

Maia

Noun

lol

1. sand
2. beach

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔw/ [ˈlɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔl/ [ˈlɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔl/ [ˈlɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.li/

Interjection

lol

1. (Internet slang) LOL

Volapük

Etymology

From English rose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lol/, /lɔl/

Noun

lol (nominative plural lols)

1. rose

Quotations

• An International Language

Welsh

Etymology

Probably of expressive origin; compare English loll (“to lie in a lazy way”), Dutch lullen (“to loiter, hang around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

lol f (uncountable, not mutable)

1. frivolity, tomfoolery

Derived terms

• twt lol (“nonsense”)